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kitchen remodel- opinions
Bonibelle:
Ruby, your project is awesome! Beautiful kitchen renovation! Thanks for sharing. I love to look at home improvement pictures :)
Ruby:
--- Quote ---I'd personally pass on putting a wood floor in a kitchen. What happens when you get a leak in one of your appliances or kitchen sink, or when a pet knocks over a water bowl in the middle of the night or pees on the floor or someone drops a gallon milk or ....... you get the idea.
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I was concerned about this too, but after doing reasearch on it, I found that there are 2 kinds of cork floors: floating or glue down tiles. The downside to the floating is that #1 it sounds hollow and #2 water can get in the seams. I chose the tiles because after they are put down, they are finished onsite with 4-5 coats of urethane. Also. if there is damage, it is easier to take only 1 out to replace it. I'm also looking into buying some water detectors that I read about. Still researching though.
Ruby:
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THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT - When you work with the designer go over the plan at least 10x before you make a decision. I was at odds with the designer at HD and he really didn't seem to know what he was doing even though he was a 20 year professional! He designed my kitchen without spaces for doors and drawers to open. Luckily I am a geek and research all that stuff before doing a project and I knew better than what he was telling me.
If you have any more questions, please ask.
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I definatly agree about the 10x ! Go with your gut and think about how YOU use your kitchen. The people who help you with your design have some great ideas and will tell you what other people like and what works for other people but in the end it's still YOUR kitchen! There were some things in my kitchen that I wanted and people(my cabinet maker) raised their eyebrows and said they'd never seen or done it (my rolling peninsula) but in the end they loved the way it turned out, and so do I. I also had an unexpected surprise when all was said and done. I ordered 3 breadboards: 1 near my stove to put hot stuff on when it came out of my oven, 1 on the end of the penisula for xtra eating space for an xtra visitor or 2 and another by the sink. Well, the one by the sink happened to be right above my trash pullout! I discovered it when I was dicing onions and threw away the peelings.
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Ruby:
Thanks Boni. It was fun to do but I'm so glad it's over! I General Contracted it myself and my head was swimming with all the decisions that had to be made! I started the research in November and started demo on Feb 26th. It only took 1 month from beginning to end. :) Now the livingroom looks so outdated that I'm gonna have to redo that too!
Bonibelle:
Wow Ruby, You are SO lucky! My kitchen was started in March and not completed until JULY! I did have a mudroom added, but it was long done and ready and my kitchen contractor just moved so slowly..I think we probably spent about $1000.00 in take-out because of how long I went without a sink or stove or anything. That is another point Anne, get everything detailed in your contract. You may even want to add time constraints. My contractor started 2 other jobs while he was working on mine. >:( >:(..so it really was a drawn out affair. Like Ruby said, listen to all the good ideas, but don't be talked out of something you like...or into something you won't use. And if you don't want to ...don't follow the NKBA guidelines ;D ;D
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